on one hand meaning
Adverb: on one hand
- From one point of view
- on the one hand
[American idiom]
from one point of view; as one side (of an issue). (Other points of view are expressed as on the other hand.)
• On one hand, I really ought to support my team. On the other hand, I don't have the time to attend all the games.
• On the one hand, I need Ann's help. On the other hand, she and I don't get along very well.
[American slang]
adv. phr. Looking at a thing in one of two possible ways; from one point of view. Usually used with "on the other hand". John wants to be a printer or a teacher; on one hand, printing pays better; on the other hand, schools need good teachers.
- on the one hand ... on the other hand...: Phrases used to in ...
- on (the) one hand: [American slang]Fi ...
- on the one hand: Adverb: on the one ...
Examples
More: Next- you have society on one hand and the individual on the other.
- on one hand, we have reasons to be optimistic
- on one hand, it will take too much space of our school
- dreams, on one hand, are not expensive
- i mean, on one hand, if dying was all you thought about
